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What direction do magnetic field lines go from and to?

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From North to South pole of a magnet.

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What happens when current flows through a wire or any other straight long conductor?

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A magnetic field is induced around the wire.

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How do you work out the direction of a magnetic field around a current-carrying wire?

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Use the right-hand rule.

hand in fist with thumb pointing upwards, thumb is direction of current and fingers are the direction of field lines

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What is a solenoid?

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If you loop a current-carrying wire into a coil in one plane, the surrounding magnetic field is doughnut shaped, while a coil with length (a solenoid) forms a field like a bar magnet.

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What happens if you put a current-carrying wire into an external magnetic field?

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The field around the wire and the external field are added together, causing a resultant field which cause a ‘pushing’ force on the wire.

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How do you work out the direction of the current, the direction of the external magnetic field or the direction of the force on the wire?

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Flemming’s Left-Hand Rule.

Thumb = motion (force), first finger = magnetic field (uniform), middle finger = current

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What is the definition of magnetic flux density (B)? What are the units of magnetic flux density?

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The force on one metre of wire carrying a current of one amp at right angles to the magnetic field. Units are Tesla (one newton per amp per metre).

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What is the equation for force on a current-carrying wire at 90 degrees to a magnetic field and what does each letter mean? Is this force a maximum or a minimum and why?

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F = BIl
F - Force / N
B - Magnetic flux density / T
I - Current through wire / A
l - Length of wire / m

This force is a maximum as the wire could not be at right angles, in which case the force would be smaller.

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What experiment could you do to investigate the force on a wire in a magnetic field?

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  • Pass wire connected to support on a set of scales through two parallel magnets (uniform magnetic field)
  • When you pass a current through wire, there will be a force downwards giving a reading on the scales
  • Repeat this for a range of current
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What would you do with the results of the wire with magnets experiment to investigate force on a wire in a magnetic field?

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-You would convert your mass readings into force by using F = mg, and plot your data on a graph of force against current

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What does the graph of force against current look like? What is the gradient equal to and what can you use this for?

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Straight line through the origin.
Gradient equals Bl, therefore you can divide the gradient by the constant length of the wire to get the magnetic flux density, B.

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What other factors could you investigate to do with force on a wire in a magnetic field? (other than the current in the wire)

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  • Length of the wire

- Flux density

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How do you derive the F = BQv equation?

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Use the F = BIl equation:
I = Q/t
l = vt
insert these values

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How does Fleming’s Left Hand Rule work for charged particles?

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Second finger (normally current) is motion of positively charged particle.
If it's negatively charged, point finger in opposite direction of motion.
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How do you draw a magnetic field going into/out of the page?

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Going into - circle with a cross in

Out of - circle with a dot in the middle

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How can you find the radius of the circular path followed by charged particles in a magnetic field?

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Combine the equation F = BQv and F = mv^2 / r

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What is the equation for frequency of rotation of an object in circular motion?

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f = v / 2πr

because 2πr is the distance it travels in each rotation (circumference)

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How can you get an equation for the frequency of rotation in terms of B, Q and m?

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Combine the equation f = v / 2πr and r = mv / BQ

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What is a Cyclotron and what is it made up of?

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A Cyclotron is a type of particle accelerator and it is made up of two hollow semi circular electrodes with a uniform magnetic field applied perpendicular to the plane of the electrodes, and an alternating potential difference applied between the electrodes.

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What happens when a charged particle is fired into an electrode in a Cyclotron?

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The magnetic field makes them follow a (semi) circular path and then leave the electrode. An applied potential difference between the electrodes then accelerates the particle across the gap until it reaches the other electrode.

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What happens to the radius of the circular path when a particle in a Cyclotron is accelerated?

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It follows a larger radius due to an increase in velocity.

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Why is the potential difference switched each time a particle passes between electrodes in a Cyclotron?

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So that the particle is accelerated again before entering the next electrode.

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What happens when the particle in a Cyclotron is accelerated lots?

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It eventually reaches a radius where it can exit the Cyclotron.

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What does the fact that the frequency of circular motion doesn’t depend on radius mean for the potential difference?

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The alternating potential difference can have a constant frequency as the particles will spend the same amount of time in the electrodes each time they are accelerated.

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What is magnetic flux?

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The amount of magnetic flux density passing through an area.

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What is electromagnetic induction?

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If there is relative motion between a conducting rod and a magnetic field, electrons in the rod will experience a force, which causes them to accumulate at one end, inducing an electromotive force (e.m.f)

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What is flux linkage?

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When a wire coil is moved in a magnetic field, the size of the e.m.f induced depends on the magnetic flux passing through the coil , and the number of turns on the coil cutting the flux (Flux linkage = number of turns on coil x magnetic flux = BAN)

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What will a change in flux linkage of one weber per second induce?

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An electromotive force of 1 volt in a loop of wire.

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How would you work out the flux linkage if the magnetic flux is not perpendicular to the area you’re interested in (at an angle)?

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You use trigonometry to split up the magnetic flux into components which are parallel and perpendicular to the area.

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State an experiment you could carry out to investigate flux linkage.

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You could use a search coil with a stretched metal spring acting as a solenoid around it, which is connected to an AC power supply and an oscilloscope to view the values.

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In the search coil experiment, what does having an AC current mean?

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The magnitude of the solenoid is constantly changing, meaning the flux through the search coil is changing which can induce an e.m.f.

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What do you do with the search coil to investigate flux linkage?

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Position it inside the solenoid and orientate it so that it is parallel to the solenoid, and it’s area is perpendicular to the field, and record the induced e.m.f.

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What do you do after you have recorded the induced e.m.f when the search coil is parallel to the solenoid?

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Rotate the search coil by 10 degrees and record the induced e.m.f again. Repeat this until search coil is rotated by 90 degrees.

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What do you find from the search coil experiment and what graph can you plot?

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You find that as you rotate the search coil, the e.m.f decreases, because the search coil is cutting fewer flux lines. If you plot a graph of induced e.m.f against angle of rotation, you should find that the induced e.m.f is a maximum at zero degrees and zero at 90 degrees.

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What is Faraday’s Law?

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Induced e.m.f is directly proportional to the rate of change of flux linkage.

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What is the gradient of a flux linkage - time graph equal to?

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The magnitude of the e.m.f.

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What is the area under the graph of magnitude of e.m.f against time equal to?

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The change in flux linkage.

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What is Lenz’s Law?

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The induced e.m.f is always in such a direction as to oppose the change that caused it.

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What does the flux linkage alternate between in a rotating coil?

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+ and - BAN, as the angle changes.

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What are the two ways of changing the graph of induced e.m.f against time?

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Changing the speed (more speed = higher max e.m.f) or changing the size of the magnetic field (bigger flux density = bigger maximum e.m.f)

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How do generators work?

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They induce an electric current by rotating a coil in a magnetic field.

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What is alternating current?

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A current which changes direction with time, meaning the voltage across a resistance goes up and down in a regular pattern. (positive to negative)

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What three pieces of information can you get from an AC oscilloscope trace?

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Time period, peak voltage and peak to peak voltage.

44
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How do you work out the r.m.s power for an AC supply?

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Irms x Vrms

45
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What is a transformer?

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Transformers are devices that make use of electromagnetic induction to change the size of the voltage for an alternating current.

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How does a transformer work?

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  • AC current causes iron core to magnetise, demagnetise and re-magnetise continuously in opposite directions, causing a rapidly changing magnetic flux
  • Rapidly changing flux in iron core passes through a second coil with more or less turns than the first coil
  • This either steps the voltage up or decreases it
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What are eddy currents?

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Metallic core in a transformer is being cut by continuously changing flux, which induces an e.m.f in the core. In a continuous core this causes currents called eddy currents which cause it to heat up and energy to be lost.

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What effect do eddy currents have in transformers?

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They cause inefficiencies due to energy lost through heat.

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How can you reduce the effect of eddy currents?

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Laminate the core so a current can’t flow through layers of the core.

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What are two ways, other than eddy currents, that heat energy is lost in a transformer? How can these two be reduced?

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  • Heat generated by resistance in coils. Can be reduced by using thick copper wire as it has low resisitivity and a larger diameter meaning smaller resistance
  • Heat generated by energy needed to magnetise and demagnetise the core. Can be reduced by using a magnetically soft material that magnetises and demagnetises easily
51
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How can you reduce the magnetic loss from the coils being far apart in a transformer?

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Have the coils as close as possible, which can include winding the coils on top of each other or around the same part of the core.

52
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How can you find the energy lost in an inefficient transformer?

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Use the efficiency equation to work out the useful power, and then use E = Pt to work out the energy.

53
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Why do cables in the national grid carry a high voltage but a low current?

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To reduce resistance and therefore reduce energy loss as much as possible.

54
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What voltage do step-up transformers in the national grid raise the voltage to? What does this mean for the current?

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About 400,000V, meaning a very low current.

55
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How would you investigate the relationship between the number of turns and the voltages across the coils of a transformer?

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  • Put 2 C-cores together and wrap wire round each to make the coils (5 turns in first and 10 in second)
  • Turn on AC supply and record the voltage across each coil
  • Repeat for different ratios of turns but the same voltage
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How would you investigate the relationship between current and voltage of the transformer coils for a given number of turns in the coil?

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  • Put 2 C-cores together and wrap wire round each to make the coils and add a variable resistor to the primary coil and an ammeter to both circuits
  • Turn on power supply and record current and voltage across each coil
  • Leave number of turns constant and adjust the the variable resistor to change input current
  • Record current and voltage for each coil, then repeat with a range of input currents

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